Improvement in manufacture of boots and shoes



J. J. HURST & W. R. MILLER. Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.

Patented May 28,1878.

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N-PETERS, PNOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. HURST AND WILLIAM R. MILLER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 204,330, dated May Q8,1878; application filed May 15, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN J. HURST and WM. R. MILLER, of Baltimore, inthe county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes; and we dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

This invention relates to certain improvements in the manufacture ofboots; and the invention consists in a boot provided with a doublefront, constructed and secured in place, as will be hereinafter morefully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which our inventionappertains to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and arrangement, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form apart of this specification, and in which- Figure 1is a sid hlevation of a boot pro vided with our inn r front, showing thesame as it appears on the outside of the boot. Fig. 2 is a view, par lyin section, showing an inside of part of the lining. Fig. 3 is acrosssection taken on line 1 2 of Fig. 2.

A denotes the front or vamp of a boot, and B the back. To the inside ofthe vamp, a

suitable distance above the crimped portion of the ankle, a lining, C,is attached by a row of stitches, and is coextensive with the vamp belowthis point, and is turned under the sole and secured thereto with thevamp. While the Vamp is attached to the back by means of the ordinaryseams D D, the lining passes over the seams a short distance upon theback, and is there fastened upon either side by means of a row ofstitching, E E, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of drawing.

This lining may be made of one or more pieces, as desired, and may bemade of any suitable material, or may extend as far up the vamp asdesired.

This device is particularly applicable to heavy boots for use in waterand snow, or elsewhere where an unusually tight boot is required,rendering more than one thickness necessary.

By passing the lining over the seam D and attaching it to the back thatseam is not impaired, as it would be were the lining included in it, andthe consequent stiffness of that seam is avoided, and the strain uponthe principal side seams materially decreased.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The lining for the front of boots, hereinbefore described, extendingback of the seams D D, and attached to the back or counter of the bootor shoe by a separate seam, all substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we aflix oursignatures in presence of two witnesses.

INO. J. HURST. WM. R. MILLER. Witnesses:

S. O. TALL, J OHN W. TAYLOR.

